Liquid-fertilizer distributer



P. .CHRISTIANSEN.

LIQUID FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTE??- APPLICATION FILED FEB-13, 1919- 13473892. P nt d July 27, 1920 Fig. 1

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PETER CHRISTIANSEN, or CEDAR r'ALLs TOWNSHIP, IBLACKI-IAWK,

COUNTY, IOWA.

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ecification of Letters Patent. 7 Pat ted J 1 27 1920.

Application filed February 13,1919. Serial. No. 276,836..

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, PETER CHnIsrIANsnN, a subject of the King of Denmark, and a resident of Cedar Falls township,pBlackhawk county, Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Fertilizer Distributors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in liquid fertilizer distributers, and the object of my improvement is to supply a transportable apparatus for distributing deter- I minedly in various ways a liquid composition or fertilizer, said apparatus being controllable from a distance, and adapted for disassemblage of its parts.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are her inafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l 11S 21- side elevation of a wagon and tank carried thereon, the latter provided with my improved liquid distrisuter, parts of the wagonbox being brolren'away; Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged views, in plan and rear elevatron, respectively, of said distributing apparatus, and Fig. 1 is a more greatly magnified view, inmedial longitudinal section of said apparatus, with parts broken away. 1 Similar numerals of reference denote cor- I responding parts throughout the several views.

fertilizer, such as is collected in settling tanks at stables or'the like, by distributing it in desired locations, as along rows of growing crops, and is so constructed as to permit of its delivering the fertilizer in this or in a broadcast manner. as desired.

Referring to Fig. 1, the numeral 30 denotes a tank carried within the box 14 of a wagon. Upon said box, located conveniently near the drivers seat, a hand-lever 12 is pivoted to rock to and fro along a racksector 13, and held in an adjusted'position by a manually-operated detent engaging notches in the sector. A rod ll has its forward end pivotally connected to said lever, its rear end having an eye pivotally connected to a fork 10 on an arm 9 which is fixed on the outwardly-extending boss 8 of a rock-valve 6 in a valve-chamber 5.

A curved elbow-coupling 15 communicates between the said tank 30 near its rear end and the'transverse channel 7 in the valve 6. A cylindrical tube i is fixedly in- 'pling to extend equally from opposite ends thereof, theends of the pipe 1 being closed by caps 29. V V

Small del1very-or1fices 22 are pos tioned at equal distances along the rear of said pipe 1, and may be closed byplugs 21., as shown in Fig. t. The numeral 23 denotes small circular shallow pans fixed on'the under side of the pipe 1 to project rearw'ardly horizontally just below said orifices 22 to receive therefrom.

The numeral 2 1 denotes aplurality of depending rearwardly curved tubes on said.

pipe 1, and in communication"therewith.

The ends of these tubes2 l may be closed by means o f plugs 25.

16 is anupwardly-extending boss on the tube 4:,havin'g a bearing-orifice to receive a bent-over end of a brace-rodli, the upper .end of the latter secured to the tank 30. My device is contrived to utilize liquid Said boss16 is vertically slotted in the rear I to receivethe forward end of a downwardly curved bar 19, the latter pivoted on a transverse pintle 1.8 at its forward end, and being orificed at its rear depending end to receive a set-screw 20, the latter bearing, removably, against the rear of said .T-coupling 2, and engaged with a shallow socket therein.

7 weight in an adjusted position "on the rod to maintain the pipe 1 in horizontal equilibrium.

valve 6 to more or less open its channel 7 into communication with the tube 3 and pipe '1. When it is desired to "deliver the liquid fertilizer upon a plurality of spaced rows of corn or other crop, the orifices 22 are closed by the plugs 21, the pipe l then delivering upon the rows by way'of the depending tubes or nipples 2-1. If the fertilizeris to be distributed broadcast upon grass or other vegetation, the tubes 24 are stopped by the plugs 25, andthe plugs 21 removed from the orifices 22. In the latter case, the orifices 22 deliver into the shallow pans 23, which when filled, overflow equally circumferentially in such a manner that the head of the liquid insures the spraying of the same equally upon the ground below.

As the distribut-er-pipe 1 is removable from the valve-chamber 5 by reason of its sleeve-connection 3 1, when the bar 19 1s swung upwardly after-the disengagement of the screw 20 from the T-coupling 2, the pipe 1 may be left at the field, doing away with the inconvenience of transporting it to and fro, and of passing narrow gate-ways.

Various modlfications may be effected 1n the parts or arrangements of my said device, 7 without, however, departing from the principlesof-the invention, or the scope of its protection.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is:

1. In combination, a valve-chamber in communication with a liquid-supply, an elongated conduit with closed vends and having delivery orifices, said conduit'being in communication with said valve-chamber and mounted thereon to rock transversely. thereof, and. means for maintainingsai'd conduit inan adjusted position of equilibrium, con

sisting of a rod'supportedon and positioned in spaced relation to, said conduit, and a weight adjustably slidably mountedon and V releasably secured to said rod. The hand-lever 12 isemployed to rockthe 7 communication with a liquid supply, a conduit with closed ends and having delivery 2. In ,combination, a; valve-chamber in openings, said conduit being in communication with said valve-chamber and mounted medially thereon to rock transversely thereof, and means for detachably'pivoting said conduit 'on the valve' -chamber, consisting of a standard fixedly supported onthe valvechamber, said conduit having a medial socket, and an'arm pivoted to said standard,

having its outer end provided with a threaded orifice, and a screwmounted in said o1-i-' removably in said of said valve-chamber, a tube fitted in and adapted to rock insaid bushing, a transverse tubular conduit provided with alined delivery orifices, closed at its ends, and fixed 'medially on said tube in communication therewith and with, said valve-chamber, a standard erected fixedly on sald bushing, a suspension-rod having one end secured removably to said tank and its other end secured removably to said standard, said conduit having an external medial socket, an

arm having one end pivotedto said standard and its other end furnished with a threaded orifice, and a screwfitted in said orifice with an end removably seated in said socket to pivotally secure the conduit to the valvechamber. V

Signed at Cedar Falls, 1a., this 29th day of January, 1919. r

- PETER CHRISTIANSEN. 

